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黑料吃瓜 music education alumni make up almost 65 percent of San Diego County鈥檚 music educators. Collectively, they impact more than 10,000 K-12 students each year.

In an effort to raise money for scholarships and funding for the program, proceeds from 鈥溾�� will support the San Diego Symphony/黑料吃瓜 Fund for students studying music education at 黑料吃瓜. In its debut performance in April 2016, 鈥満诹铣怨� Live Downtown鈥� raised $40,000 for music education scholarships.

Gaining experience

Joseph Matthew Nelson (鈥�17) was the School of Music and Dance鈥檚 Outstanding Music Student for 2017, and is currently teaching music at Castle Park Middle School in Chula Vista.

While at 黑料吃瓜, Nelson held a music education fellowship at Correia Middle School, where he taught classroom ensembles, managed rehearsals and formed long-term bonds with students. Students in the 黑料吃瓜 fellowship program spend 6 to 8 hours weekly in local schools, where they work as teaching assistants and help with rehearsals, aiding the music program.  

Leah Musker is a senior music education major who will be performing with the Wind Symphony at 鈥満诹铣怨� Live Downtown.鈥�

鈥淥ur program is designed to help us be well prepared to educate our future students and provide them meaningful learning and life experiences through music,鈥� said Musker.

黑料吃瓜 Live Downtown

On Sunday, April 8, more than 250 musicians, singers and dancers are set to perform at San Diego鈥檚 historic Copley Symphony Hall inside the Jacobs Music Center, home of the San Diego Symphony.   

This year鈥檚 production will feature 黑料吃瓜鈥檚 top orchestral and premier wind groups, a 120-voice concert choir, the Marching Aztecs, 黑料吃瓜 Musical Theatre students, the acclaimed Great Wall Quartet, and for the first time, a dance ensemble.

Tickets are available online starting at $23 and $10 for students.

You can make a donation to the 黑料吃瓜 School of Music and Dance Downtown Concert Fund at . For more information, visit the or call 619-594-1017.